Conveyer hoist



J. P. BERNARD coNvEYER HQIsT May l, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 6, 1948 INVENTOR. 'Joseph Z? Bern and J. P. BERNARD CONVEYER HOIST May 1, 19.51

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.fase/oh B Bernard hay @nv JoPng/ Patented May 1, 1951 TENT OFFICE CONVEYER HOIST Joseph P. Bernard, Scobey, Mont., assgnor to Daniel C. Murphy, Sauk Centre, Minn.

Application April 6, 1948, Serial No. 19,337

I This invention relates to a mobile apparatus forV conveying small grains or other materials from a pick up area and discharging the material at dilferent elevations.

, The present invention has especial reference to a hoist arrangement which may be used advantageously in conjunction with a mobile engine truck and an overhead type of conveyor for the raising, lowering and the angular adjustment of the conveyor.

Some of the objects and advantages of the present invention are as follows: The conveyor may be raised, lowered or tilted into different positions of operation. The engine platform will remain horizontal regardless of the working angle of the conveyor, so that the engine for furnishing power to the conveyor is kept in a proper running position. The power and motion transmission means between the engine and the conveyor adjusts itself to any working angle of the conveyor.

With the foregoing, other objects and advantages Will appear when the following specification is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side View of a mobile conveyor hoist embodying the features of the present invention, the conveyor being shown in an elevated position in full lines, and in its lowered position for transportation in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

' Fig. 4 is Va fragmentary sectionalview taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view showing certain details for changing the length of one of the booms.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 6. A

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 8--8 of Fig. 1.

Shown in the drawings is a mobile truck I0 comprising a deck or platform II having traction wheels I2. The truck is designed and adapted to be hitched or coupled by any suitable means to a traction orother power driven or horse drawn vehicle for transportation from place to place.

In accordance with the invention a conveyor I3 is adjustably supported vabove the platform I I by a hoist arrangement connected with the platform. The conveyor I3 when not in use rests upon a cradle comprising spaced supports I4 and I5 xed to the platform andil extending upwardly therefrom. The support III is of less height than the support I5. The support I4 1 claim. (o1. 19a- 233) is at the front end of the platform and the support I5 is forward of Vthe rear end of the platform.

The conveyor I3 in the present instance is a screw or auger type for handling small grains. It is to be understood other types of conveyors may be used for picking up `and discharging various materials where desired. The screw or auger type of conveyor shown, generally stated, comprises a tube It of any suitable length and a screw I1 which rotates in the tube to convey the grain from the inlet end i8 of the tube out of the angular discharge end i9. The tube I6 is arranged lengthwise of the platform above it, the inlet end i3 being at the front and the discharge end at the rear.

The hoist arrangement for the conveyor I3 comprises booms 20 and 2| and their counterparts for adjusting and retaining the booms in different angular positions with respect to the platform II. The boom 2o comprises two arms 22 each consisting of lower and upper sections 23 and 2e. The sections 24 are connected by a cross piece 25. Guides 25 and 21 are secured to the respective upper and lower ends of the lower and upper sections 23 and 24. The sections 23 extend through the guides 21 for sliding movement, and the sections 24 likewise extend through the guides 26 for sliding movement for the purpose of increasing or decreasing the length of the boom 2U. Clamp screws 28 carried by the guides 26 and 21 retain the upper sections 24 in their adjusted relation to the sections 23. For adjusting the sections 24, use is made of screw bolts 29 in threaded engagement with lugs 3l) on the guides 21, and Said bolts extending loosely through lugs 3| on the guides 25, as shown in Fig. 6. These bolts 29 also help in retaining the adjustment of the sections 23 and 22. The lower ends of the sections 23 are connected with pivots 32 fixed on the platform II so that the boom 20 pivots on a transverse axis with respect to the -platform. The pivots 32 are disposed at opposite sides of the platform intermediate the ends thereof. It will now be understood that the boom 2|] projecting upwardly from the platform I! may be moved into different angular positions in relation to the platform I I.

In order to move the boom 20 into the desired angular position, and to secure it therein, use is made of bars 33 having their lower ends pivotally connected with the platform II, as at 31%. The bars 33 have straight gear racks 35 thereon which mesh with gears 36 fast on a shaft 31 mounted for rotation in rbearings carried by the arms 22. The bars 33 are slida-bly received in guides 38 connected with the shaft 31 for pivotal movement. A crank handle 33 on the shaft 31 serves for rotating it. A pawl 40 carried by the guide 3 38 adjacent the handle 39 serves for dogging the related gear 38 to prevent rotation of the gears, thereby securing the boom 20 in the adjusted angular position.

In accordance with the invention, the transverse axis provided by the pivots 32 will be diS- posed coaxially with the axis of the crank shaft of an engine adjustably mounted on the plat,- form I The engine of any suitable type, such as an internal combustion engine, is shown in a general manner, and is designated E.

The upper ends of the arms 22 of the boom 20 support between them a casing 4| whose bearings 42 support a driven shaft 43 having a gear 44 and a grooved pulley 45; the gear being disposed within the casing and the pulley being disposed exteriorly thereof. A power transmission belt encircles the pulley 45 and a pulley on one end of thev engine crank shaft. A wide clamping band 46 secured to or formed integral with the casing 4| embraces the conveyor tube I in clamping engagement therewith. The bearings 42 extending through the upper ends of the arms 22 serve as pivots, so that the boom has pivotal movement with respect to the driven shaft 43 constituting a part of the power and motion transmission mechanism connected with the feed screw Il' of the conveyor. All parts of said. mechanism have not been fully shown since the mechanism is not claimed herein. It will be understood however that power and motion may be transmitted from the engine to the screw Il in any angular position of the conveyor I3 and the boom 29. By adjusting the length of the boom 20 the belt may be kept at the proper tension. Regardless of the adjusted length of the boom 29 it is preferably kept shorter than the boom 2|.

The boom 2| comprises two arms 59 secured together by suitable bracing 5|. The lower ends of the arms 50 are connected with pivots 52 fixed on the platform I I at or near the near end thereof.' A groove wheel 53 is mounted between the upper ends of the arms 59 on a shaft 54 carried by said -upper ends. The wheel 53 is in rolling Contact with a straight flange or rail 55 extending longitudinally of the tube I6 on the underside thereof. The pivots 52 are at opposite sides of the platform and provide a transverse axis with-respect to the platform II. Therefore, the boom 2| is movable into diierent angular positions on a transverse axis in relation to the platform II. It follows that the tube I6 may move longitudinally, or rock with respect to the boom 2|y or the boom may have angular movement with respect to the tube I6.

In order to move the boom 2| into different angular positions, and to retain it therein, use is made of cables56 each having one end secured to the-support I5 and its opposite end secured to a spool 5 fast on a shaft 58 supported by bearings carried by the arms 59. A crank handle 59 on one end of the shaft 58 serves for rotating it together with the spools 51. A pawl 60 on the arm 50 adjacent the handle 59 coacts with a toothed wheel' 6| fast on the shaft 58 preventing the cables 56 from unwinding. When the pawl 60 is retracted the handle 59 may be manipulated to wind the cables on the spools or to unwind them in adjusting the boom 2 I.

From the foregoing it is obvious that the conveyor I3 is suspended from the top of the boom 20 and is upheld by the upper end of the boom 2| through the intervention of the wheel 53.v

In attaining the desired angular position of the conveyor I3, one or both booms may be angularly adjusted. When changing the angular position of the boom 20 alone, to change the working angle of the conveyor I3, the rail 55 rides on the wheel 53 and at the same time the boom 2| upholds its end of the conveyor |3.

Raising, lowering and adjusting the angle of the conveyor are easily accomplished. The platform of the truck remains horizontal not only while carrying out the above operations, but while theconveyor is disposed at any working angle, or is at rest on the supports I4 and I5 and being transported. This is important because when the conveyor is in operation with the platform horizontal, the engine is maintained in a proper position for its efcient and effectual operation.

I claim:

A mobile apparatus of the character described, including the combination of an engine platform having traction wheels, a cradle comprising spaced xed supports extending upwardly from the platform, a conveyor arranged lengthwise of the platform, and a hoist arrangement for raising said conveyor from said cradle into dierent angular positions and for lowering the conveyor into said cradle while keeping the platform horizontal, said hoist arrangement comprising a short boom having its lower end connected with the platform between said supports for angular movement on a transverse axis with respect to the platform, the upper end of the boom pivotally connected with the conveyor, a long boom 4having its lower end connected with the platform at or near one end thereof for angular movement on av transverse axis with respect to said platform, the upper end of the long boom having means in rolling contact with said conveyor, means carried by the long boom and connected with one of said supports to hold the boom in different angular positions, and means connected with the platform and engaged with the short boom to hold the boom in different angular positions.

JOSEPH P. BERNARD.

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